Museum Trustee Tom Nye installs a
finishing touch for the Museum's
reopening on December 14th, 2008.
Museum vice president Barbara Dolensek
with trustee Jorge Santiago
and contractor Georg Grap.


Captain Ed Sadler talks with
longtime Islanders Peter Klopfer and
Lorraine and Ducky Rauhauser.
Trustees Russ Schaller and Captain Ed Sadler
Many thanks to photographer and Islander
Rick Dewitt for photographing the
Museum's rededication!
The City Island Historical Society and Nautical Museum
190 Fordham Street, P.O. Box 82
City Island, NY 10464
718-885-0008
www.cityislandmuseum.org
The City Island Nautical Museum's public spaces are wheel-chair accessible.
For further information on accessibility for adult audiences,
contact cihs@cityislandmuseum.org or call 718-885-0008 or 718-885-0507.

On Sunday, December 14, 2008, the City Island
Nautical Museum was reopened to the public with
an open house and rededication that was attended
by nearly 150 people, who were delighted with the
restoration of the entrance and with the refurbished
interior and new exhibits.
The holiday spirit filled the museum
as visitors admired the photographic
exhibits and the new Community
Room installations. The Rev. Patricia
Phaneuf Alexander held a rededication
ceremony, and the celebration lasted
from 1 to 5 p.m.
The museum's docent program is supported,
in part, by public funds from
the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs
and by the Bronx Council on the Arts
through the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs Greater New York Arts
Development Fund Regrants Program,
Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion
and the Bronx Delegation of the City Council.
The Community Room exhibit and the
photograph program are also funded in part by
public funds from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs.
Museum News
THE CITY ISLAND NAUTICAL MUSEUM
is now open Saturdays as well as Sundays from 1:00 to 5:00 PM.

Calling all City Island Artists!
The City Island Nautical Museum will host an exhibit of
artworks featuring City Island by Islanders. Artists can submit
up to two works of art featuring City Island. All media and styles are
welcome, but all pieces should reference City Island in some way.
Space is limited, so it will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Artists
should expect to leave their work in the museum for three months.
The deadline for submission is June 23. There will be an
opening reception for the exhibit on Sunday, June 28, 2009.
Please call Marguerite Chadwick-Juner at 718-885-0933 to submit
work for the exhibit.
The annual Blessing of the Fleet, sponsored by the City
Island Power Squadron and the Leonard Hawkins American
Legion Post #156 will take place on Sunday, June 28, 2009, at
1 p.m. Multi-denominational clergy will bless vessels from the
Fenton Marine Dock located in City Island Harbor.
Boats are to assemble at the Hart Island Ferry Dock in the
harbor at 12:30 p.m. Communication on LVHF Channel 71
will begin at 12:30 p.m.